Says poet Bianca Madeccia, “The reading was impeccably organized in one of the most beautiful venues of Rome’s historic center. The translations are excellent and there was a personalized critical introduction for every poet. The organizers are doing an excellent job of selecting the poets and are actually creating an inventory of contemporary Italian poetry.”

“This year we were very pleased to have JCU students join our team as translators (Diedré Blake and Loredana Mihani) and readers (Diedré Blake and Challis Popkey),” said Prof. Filardi.

The InVerse 2014 poems will be included in the next edition of the bilingual InVerse poetry anthology, which will be published in 2015 by John Cabot University Press.